You can't lock the car in Ready mode unless the RFID FOB (the "key") is inside the vehicle. It's the same problem with DCFC with JDemo. That's why I need to do a CAN solution that emulates the OBC when DCFC.

Aside from that, it should CCS DCFC OK in Ready mode.

At the simplest: Doing things the JDemo way (placing the car in "Ready" mode), the BMS closes the HV pack contactors and activates the HV rail (LDU wires are "hot"). The BMS will then handle pack cooling/heating. With the LDU wires hot, the new contactors in the new HVJB can conn...

Tip: if you edit your image with something other than your phone, then save it, it'll likely reset the EXIF rotation tag to something more sane, so when people open the uploaded image, it doesn't suddenly rotate 90°.

It's a browser-honoring-the-standard thing.

I'm reasonably certain that a CCS inlet will not fit within the current circular location. The bottom of the CCS connector is flat. Maybe modifying the top of the CCS port, eliminating the lock? Not recommended, but . . . what's your risk tolerance? IMG_4855.jpg IMG_4856.jpg IMG_4857.jpg If you're n...

If I can send you the adapter bracket for the charging port opening . . . Would also want suggestions for it's initial development. [ . . . ] If you remove the J1772 port on your RAV4, behind that is a bracket. I intend to make a new bracket to replace that one. I will 3d print the bracket with ABS...

I'm concerned with combining the wires for AC home charging with the wires for DCFC. Tesla (NACS) shares the two wires for AC & DC charging. I can't speak to the later models, but the early Model S' OBC's input can accept (tolerate, really) either AC or DC. The Model S doesn't so much switch th...

Shockazulu1 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:10 pm If I can send you the adapter bracket for the charging port opening,

What does it adapt? Got a screenshot of it?

NACS: it's not a standard. Now that the SAE is "expediting" a new NACS standard, J3400 . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD7CAnLMHTQ&t=391s . . . then perhaps in a couple of years it may be possible to semi-reliably DCFC non-Tesla vehicles having a NACS inlet port, but I can't wait...

I don't produce things in the way the Damien or Uwe or many others do; I mainly document things. I support uhi22 and Jack Bauer via Patreon, but I wouldn't dream of accepting donations that way, because I am not producing anything (other than Wiki articles, eg Tesla Model S GEN1 OBC , Tesla Model S ...

The pre-charge is already handled by the Tesla BMS, which in Tesla fashion is integral to the 860 lb. HV pack assy (represented by the right-facing blue arrow in that diagram above). This project is modifying an existing OEM EV, to add CCS1 DCFC, so I'm integrating with a lot of things that already ...

(for those who aren't familiar with it: QCP's JDemo kit adds CHAdeMO DCFC capability to 2012-14 RAV4 EV and MB B250e, and it taps the traction battery pack by adding a "bathtub" to replace a cover that's on the OEM pack, then replaces cable bolts with studs to allow mounting extra cables t...

Over at https://openinverter.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=56019 I asked if the DCFC leads needed to be shielded. OEMs I've seen (BMW, Tesla) use shielded leads from the charge inlet, but I would think that there wouldn't be significant EMI while charging -- unlike the leads feeding eg the AC drive inve...

Maybe in robotics-land you can send a command once and be done, but in automotive-land, modules expect you to repeat yourself often, and if they don't hear from you, they assume something bad happened to you and they stop sending you money. Hence, we have code that has 10ms loops, 50ms loops, 100ms ...

I've got a set of early LDU cables (1004872-00-B) on the way (via eBay), but until they arrive . . . Do you have an accurate OD of these cables? I'm trying to order EMC shielded cable glands, and I need to verify that the HV cables for the LDU are <18mm OD, or larger than that. 18mm is the typical b...

Shorter question: where to buy shielded cable, 50mm2, from the US.

I'm in the US, and I'm having trouble finding a supplier for 50mm2 shielded cable in orange with a 600v rating. I've found a couple of retailers overseas (UK), but they're either out of stock or don't ship to the US. Note that I prefer not to substitute 1/0 AWG for 50mm2, though if a supplier of shi...

muehlpower wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2023 2:38 pm Can you add an analog port like this? In the LIM it is used to measure the DC voltage at the connector.

This would certainly simplify my install.

What device are folks using to perform the physical HV measurement on the vehicle? Or is everybody using the EVSE's reported value?

They open in Kicad 7.0. Yeah, I got caught by this, too: https://www.kicad.org/download/linux/ . . . once you update to 7.x and start modifying a project, you will no longer be able to open that project in any 6.x version. Fortunately, for Ubuntu, upgrading Kicad from 6.x to 7 is fairly painless: d...

I'm planning to implement an AR7420/QCA700x PLC CCS setup, rather than a BMW i3 LIM setup.

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howardc64 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2023 8:53 pm ATF still full so likely no ATF leak into motor

A tablespoon of oil will make an enormous mess on the floor or distributed by moving air over external components, but won't show up on a level check. That said, the color of your streak/stain alone makes one think of rust, not ATF.

I bought mine for a specific MiTM project, but later found that a MiTM solution for that issue wasn't needed, so it sits here on my desk

Some of the CAN transceiver add-ons for Teensy have lousy reputations; SK Pang and Copperhill don't, which is why I bought this kit from them.

I bought an SK Pang "Teensy 4.0 Triple CAN Bus Board With Two CAN 2.0B And One CAN FD Port" in April for $76 from Copperhill, and it's up to $80 today. https://copperhilltech.com/teensy-4-0-triple-can-bus-board-with-two-can-2-0b-and-one-can-fd-port/ SK Pang offers a variety of Teensy 3.x &...

What device are folks using to perform the physical HV measurement on the vehicle? Or is everybody using the EVSE's reported value?

I have a IVT-S, but it seems overkill for the task (and they're quite expensive).

I have one of muehlpower's units, and no longer need it. USD$50 including carriage within the US; add actual postage cost for outside the US.